So now, Byron in Exile doesn't consider this to be taking things into real life. But everyone else does - including the admins, who say posting names and addresses are against the rules. But Byron still thinks he won his fight with me.

And a painful look at reality for your dumb ass. U.S. forces are stretched thin, but there has been no action taken, or any request made, to increase the number of members of the armed forces.
Fact is, those who are volunteering now for the military can't just walk in, sign up, and be shipped off for training. Last I heard, it took about two months after someone enlisted up to actually go on active duty.
You can whine about Bush all you want, but the fact is there is no movement to bring back the draft.
Dumb ass.

No request made to increase the number of troops?

Perhaps you haven't been paying attention to the "lets invade Iran" rhetoric that's been making it's rounds in your circles for more than a few months here...

Much thanks to Bubba for bumping this thread and showing the world again the kind of raging insanity that draft supporters resort to when they're challenged by an American majority who opposes them.....

Perhaps you haven't been paying attention to the "lets invade Iran" rhetoric that's been making it's rounds in your circles for more than a few months here...

Wake up and smell the burning oil.

Lets also point out that 3 or 4 years ago the upper age for recruits went from 35 to 43 because the ARMY was not getting enough volunteers. The USMC, USAF, and USN are all meeting or exceeding their numbers of recruits. The Army is not. Five years ago under Rumsfeld tens of thousands of USN career sailors were given the option to 1)retire OR 2)reclasify to the ARMY. Rumsfeld did this to create 4 or 5 new Infantry Rgts from existing manpower authorizations.

Five years ago under Rumsfeld tens of thousands of USN career sailors were given the option to 1)retire OR 2)reclasify to the ARMY. Rumsfeld did this to create 4 or 5 new Infantry Rgts from existing manpower authorizations.

Members of the military have been able to reclassify or "cross-deck" since at least 1984.